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have_v enjoin_v unto_o you_o whereupon_o neither_o the_o â—irst_n testament_n be_v dedicate_v without_o blood_n for_o almost_o all_o thing_n be_v by_o the_o law_n purge_v with_o blood_n and_o without_o shed_v of_o blood_n be_v no_o remission_n as_o the_o apostle_n will_v therefore_o have_v the_o corinthian_n know_v that_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o moses_n all_o the_o israelite_n be_v baptize_v into_o christ_n by_o the_o type_n of_o the_o cloud_n over_o their_o head_n and_o the_o sea_n round_o about_o their_o body_n and_o do_v in_o effect_n and_o virtue_n partake_v of_o the_o like_a sacrament_n by_o which_o they_o eat_v and_o drink_v of_o the_o fullness_n of_o christ_n the_o rock_n that_o follow_v they_o when_o they_o leave_v the_o other_o behind_o and_o so_o have_v the_o like_a privilege_n as_o the_o corinthian_n have_v yet_o as_o god_n be_v displease_v with_o many_o of_o they_o to_o their_o destruction_n so_o he_o may_v with_o these_o too_o he_o take_v not_o the_o government_n from_o god_n the_o father_n while_o he_o show_v who_o have_v the_o conduct_n from_o the_o begin_n hitherto_o opera_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la sunt_fw-la indivisa_fw-la but_o if_o the_o son_n be_v despise_v now_o as_o heretofore_o god_n the_o father_n may_v extend_v his_o justice_n where_o the_o mediator_n be_v wicked_o set_v aside_o by_o man_n for_o who_o redemption_n he_o have_v satisfy_v but_o whether_o it_o be_v ever_o commit_v unto_o christ_n to_o destroy_v his_o own_o enemy_n in_o any_o other_o than_o a_o spiritual_a way_n before_o his_o come_n or_o since_o his_o exaltation_n be_v beyond_o the_o question_n 12.24_o but_o saint_n t_o paul_n will_v have_v his_o galatian_n and_o the_o hebrew_n know_v not_o only_o that_o christ_n be_v the_o mediator_n of_o a_o new_a and_o better_a covenant_n than_o that_o which_o moses_n make_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o people_n but_o also_o that_o christ_n himself_o in_o the_o person_n of_o moses_n be_v indeed_o the_o mediator_n of_o that_o too_o or_o else_o that_o it_o have_v be_v the_o worse_a for_o they_o chap._n xxiv_o it_o be_v necessary_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o curse_v annex_v to_o the_o first_o covenant_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v deliver_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o mediator_n who_o can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o christ_n himself_o god_n cause_v the_o covenant_n of_o work_n to_o be_v shut_v in_o a_o chest_n under_o the_o mercy-seat_n and_o why_o the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n mediation_n otherwise_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o both_o testament_n the_o thing_n that_o trouble_a saint_n t_o paul_n and_o the_o church_n of_o his_o plantation_n more_o than_o any_o other_o be_v this_o certain_a man_n which_o come_v down_o from_o judaea_n 15.1_o teach_v the_o brethren_n say_v except_o you_o be_v circumcise_v according_a unto_o moses_n you_o can_v be_v save_v against_o who_o saint_n t_o paul_n dispute_v in_o most_o of_o his_o epistle_n and_o have_v show_v the_o church_n 5.3_o that_o this_o doctrine_n make_v they_o debtor_n to_o the_o whole_a law_n as_o to_o keep_v the_o jewish_a sabbath_n new-moon_n and_o other_o fast_n and_o feast_n as_o also_o to_o their_o vow_n and_o purifying_n to_o their_o abstinence_n from_o all_o unclean_a meat_n and_o from_o all_o such_o company_n as_o eat_v so_o and_o from_o all_o uncircumcised_a person_n whatsoever_o though_o believer_n in_o christ_n in_o sine_fw-la to_o repair_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o sacrifice_v as_o the_o head-city_n and_o mother-church_n as_o oft_o as_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n require_v he_o take_v the_o question_n itself_o sound_o to_o task_n to_o discover_v the_o danger_n and_o the_o ill_a consequent_n of_o it_o among_o his_o other_o argument_n these_o be_v strong_a and_o press_a 1._o that_o the_o free_a promise_n be_v make_v to_o abraham_n four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n before_o the_o law_n be_v give_v by_o moses_n etc._n so_o that_o abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n without_o the_o law_n the_o law_n can_v not_o 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way_n or_o what_o may_v they_o have_v to_o divide_v among_o they_o when_o they_o come_v home_o certain_o so_o little_a that_o there_o will_v have_v be_v no_o end_n of_o go_v or_o come_v whereas_o by_o virtue_n of_o what_o they_o bring_v they_o be_v able_a to_o subsist_v it_o seem_v a_o good_a while_n ere_o jacob_n can_v be_v prevail_v with_o to_o venture_v benjamin_n though_o simeon_n lie_v at_o stake_n till_o their_o return_n and_o for_o the_o way_n it_o be_v never_o to_o be_v pass_v without_o a_o lusty_a caravan_n 16.12_o for_o fear_n of_o the_o ishmaelite_n of_o who_o progenitor_n it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o wild_a man_n and_o that_o his_o hand_n shall_v be_v against_o every_o man_n and_o every_o man_n hand_n against_o he_o and_o the_o arabian_n who_o want_v cornespecial_o 2._o and_o now_o the_o answer_n be_v the_o easy_a to_o the_o second_o viz._n that_o in_o the_o search_n they_o go_v not_o so_o much_o by_o pole_n as_o by_o company_n the_o head_n of_o which_o be_v the_o leader_n and_o the_o purse-bearer_n for_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o retinue_n and_o in_o benjamin_n own_o sack_n as_o it_o be_v design_v the_o prize_n be_v find_v 3._o to_o the_o three_o we_o answer_v that_o if_o there_o be_v any_o servant_n at_o all_o there_o may_v be_v ass_n enough_o so_o that_o the_o master_n need_v not_o to_o foot_v it_o back_o or_o to_o return_v home_o with_o so_o slender_a provision_n as_o be_v imagine_v and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o servant_n â—1_n joseph_n give_v his_o brother_n not_o a_o little_a trouble_n when_o he_o give_v they_o wagon_n also_o without_o any_o one_o man_n mention_v to_o assist_v they_o it_o may_v seem_v rather_o by_o iudah_n fear_n about_o the_o lose_n of_o the_o ass_n that_o they_o be_v not_o a_o few_o 4._o than_o that_o his_o father_n be_v poor_a and_o for_o iacob_n present_n let_v it_o be_v compare_v with_o other_o present_n of_o the_o same_o time_n nay_o 25.18_o with_o abigail_n a_o long_a time_n after_o when_o one_o will_v 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always_o veil_v and_o good_a man_n lowly_a but_o these_o also_o be_v both_o of_o the_o principal_a family_n of_o israel_n as_o may_v be_v observe_v hereafter_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n consider_v that_o joseph_n be_v a_o great_a courtier_n and_o a_o politician_n and_o that_o we_o have_v observe_v his_o cunning_n in_o get_v the_o fair_a and_o fertile_a tract_n of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n for_o his_o father_n and_o his_o brethren_n on_o colour_n of_o their_o be_v shepherd_n in_o the_o next_o place_n let_v we_o note_v some_o of_o his_o ceremony_n howsoever_o whereby_o he_o wrought_v the_o ingratiate_v of_o his_o own_o kindred_n with_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o egyptian_n 42._o when_o his_o brethren_n come_v first_o into_o his_o presence_n he_o know_v they_o but_o they_o
not_o he_o they_o bow_v down_o themselves_o before_o he_o with_o their_o face_n to_o the_o earth_n know_v what_o kind_n of_o reverence_n the_o proud_a egyptian_n do_v expect_v then_o joseph_n remember_v the_o dream_n which_o he_o have_v dream_v of_o they_o and_o like_o a_o crafty_a statesman_n to_o get_v what_o he_o can_v out_o of_o they_o and_o to_o make_v they_o fit_a for_o what_o he_o present_o apprehend_v he_o speak_v rough_o to_o they_o and_o deal_v as_o hardly_o keep_v they_o three_o day_n in_o ward_n and_o speak_v to_o they_o by_o a_o interpreter_n nay_o he_o take_v simeon_n from_o they_o as_o a_o pledge_n and_o bind_v he_o before_o their_o eye_n and_o send_v they_o away_o the_o first_o time_n in_o fear_n but_o the_o next_o time_n 43._o as_o soon_o as_o joseph_n spy_v benjamin_n in_o their_o company_n he_o say_v to_o the_o ruler_n of_o his_o house_n bring_v these_o man_n into_o my_o house_n and_o slay_v and_o make_v ready_a a_o place_n that_o will_v trouble_v they_o to_o 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